Unearthing gold in Miner’s debut, Into The Morning Conner Smith February 23, 2014 Album Review Los Angeles-based Miner is on the rise. Growing from a home studio Kickstarter project, the contemporary folk band started as husband-wife duo Justin and Kate Miner in 2012 and expanded to include Jeremy Mine...
St. Vincent crafts compelling self-titled Conner Smith February 21, 2014 Album Review, Reviews 1 Comment St. Vincent's St. Vincent, available February 24 Between snorting fragments of the Berlin Wall and confrontations with “blind psychics turned online assassins,” wonder woman Annie Clark – aka St. Vincen...
Cibo Matto haunt you on their comeback record, Hotel Valentine Linda Choi February 19, 2014 Album Review, Reviews Cibo Matto march back into the music scene with their latest, Hotel Valentine, donning neon Japanese street style and singing about strange spirits haunting their hotel room. Cibo Matto's Hotel Valentine Ci...
Black Atlass releases Young Bloods EP Joanna Jiang February 18, 2014 Album Review Alex Fleming's Black Atlass is like a fusion of The Weeknd and Gardens & Villa raised in stylish, sophisticated Montreal. However exclusive the Montreal scene might feel there, 19-year-old Fleming has ...
Crosses debut self-titled: dreamy, surreal Jade Theriault February 15, 2014 Album Review When Pitchfork published an article titled “Deftones Dude Has a Witch House Project" in 2011, it was one of the earliest sightings of Crosses. Crosses is Chino Moreno (Deftones), Shaun Lopez (Far), and Chu...
Death Grips Fans Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Much Love (Deep Web) Myra February 14, 2014 Album Review, Mixtapes Death Grips have an affinity for using the f-word “free.” The band recently uploaded electronic stems and acapella tracks from their past two albums, NO LOVE DEEP WEB and Government Plates, for the world to...
Burial’s Rival Dealer Pushes Uplifting New Sounds Myra December 13, 2013 Album Review Burial, the enigmatic and influential dubstep producer, is notorious for pioneering a haunting, darkly ambient, and fuzzy aesthetic that’s almost instantly recognizable. He released two critically acclaimed ...
Mat Zo’s Damage Control Revitalizes EDM Myra December 12, 2013 Album Review You might have heard of Matan Zohar, a.k.a. Mat Zo, through tracks such as "Rebound" or "The Sky or Bipolar." He is, for the untrained ear, a leading club DJ with killer live mixing chops like in this hour-lon...
Mosca’s A Thousand Years’ Wait EP Will Fortify Your After Party Jay Kwok December 4, 2013 Album Review While the past few days have provided some respite from the incessant activity of daily routine, the holidays have come to a close.... and it’s time to put your party shoes back on! To help you find your fe...
Album Review: Britney Spears’s Britney Jean Myra December 3, 2013 Album Review Britney Spears’s eighth studio album Britney Jean was available on iTunes for streaming this past week, just before its official December 3rd release date. And although some may dismiss her as a pop queen of ...
DJ Rashad’s Double Cup Advances The Footwork Genre Myra November 25, 2013 Album Review There are far too many DJs in this world, but DJ Rashad's Double Cup is worth sharing, doubly much. The Chicago-based producer has just released his second album on London's Hyperdub, the dubstep label resp...
Government Plates by Death Grips Myra November 15, 2013 Album Review, Band of the Week, Reviews If you’ve heard of Death Grips by now, there’s likely one thing about them you’ve realized: beyond a shadow of a doubt, they don’t really give a fuck—about anything. They want you to know this. In ...
More Than Surface Words: Flower Girl’s Conscious Fairy Queen Transforms and Provokes Myra November 13, 2013 Album Review, Band of the Week, Reviews Every once in a while, a gem of an album appears out of thin air and encapsulates the space around you. Through its brutal honesty, time freezes and enables you to empty your mind in a vacuum of wonder. You b...
Review: Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 2 Myra November 9, 2013 Album Review, Reviews Even if you’re not an everyday fan of the almighty Slim Shady, you might want to take a moment to indulge in a new spin on the Marshall Mathers experience. The sequel to Eminem’s third studio effort and h...
Bugg Takes Chances on Latest Shangri La Myra November 7, 2013 Album Review, Band of the Week, Reviews Photo by Marc Lecureuil/Getty Images Haven’t heard of Jake Bugg? Well, it’s time to give him a listen. This British indie singer-songwriter busted onto the music scene in 2011, making his debut on BBC...